Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal with MAC delegation
Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal with MAC delegation

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday held met a delegation of Mising Autonomous Council MAC) on Wednesday.

Sonowal had a threadbare discussion on several issues and problems that the autonomous council is confronting with.

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Sonowal informed that delegation that he would request the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to set up a radio station at Gogamukh in Dhemaji.

He also asked the Welfare of Plain Tribes and Backward Classes (WPT&BC) department to prepare a proposal.

In the context of Mising being mentioned and interpreted as ‘Miri’ in different official documents of the Central Government, Sonowal asked the WPT&BC department to prepare a proposal to take an appropriate decision to be sent to the concerned authority.

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Sonowal also maintained that the Cabinet Sub-Committee will discuss the issue of declaring Ali-Aye Ligang, the main festival of Mising people, a government holiday.